My first FULL load of 3 year old cherry (not on purpose, just how I happened to grab out of the shed, brought it in/stacked it.) S#it doesn't f@ck around, noisy AF too. Sounds like firecrackers 😄
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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The outside temp tonight is 25.7 with a low of 14 for tomorrow morning, the basement started off at 73, the living area temps are both 70 with the sleeper at 69.
The overnight load tonight has two splits of beech, one yellow birch split, three maple splits & one ironwood split.
The overnight load tonight has two splits of beech, one yellow birch split, three maple splits & one ironwood split.
30WCF
Minister of Fire
Just added a small split of pine and a larger split of oak to some coals for the morning reload.
68 inside
33 outside
68 inside
33 outside
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Caw
Minister of Fire
Caw
Minister of Fire
Up early for my son's 8 am basketball game...thanks scheduler 🧐. Going to be a busy morning so I stuffed her full of oak. It's 28 now going up to 40 so probably won't need to reload until tonight:
ctreitzell
Feeling the Heat
44F outside but 60F n the Salon...it's just that tiny bit too cold
and fire is cheaper than elec
last night around 0200 I left the ashes from the day and let it "die" with apple coals and some ash logs nearly coals...air intake open just a sliver
at 0730 there was still a little warmth and more choked coals than I'd typically remove to start anew
around 1130, the temps inside were dropping with no sun today...so I decided to hair dryer the flue and then open the air intake. I was really surprised by how much of the choked embers immediately came back to orange after opening the intake...bang, I rekindled with some super dry apple and oak chips and then put on beech+ash+elm and the cycle has restarted
these new stoves are a challenge and kind of very inconvenient to potentially quite dangerous...I know my flue isn't ideal by a long shot, but users need to have a concrete protocol to live comfortably with slumbering a stove...
time to go put some more on
and fire is cheaper than elec
last night around 0200 I left the ashes from the day and let it "die" with apple coals and some ash logs nearly coals...air intake open just a sliver
at 0730 there was still a little warmth and more choked coals than I'd typically remove to start anew
around 1130, the temps inside were dropping with no sun today...so I decided to hair dryer the flue and then open the air intake. I was really surprised by how much of the choked embers immediately came back to orange after opening the intake...bang, I rekindled with some super dry apple and oak chips and then put on beech+ash+elm and the cycle has restarted
these new stoves are a challenge and kind of very inconvenient to potentially quite dangerous...I know my flue isn't ideal by a long shot, but users need to have a concrete protocol to live comfortably with slumbering a stove...
time to go put some more on
Raked the coals around and tossed a bunch of pine in. It's dead quiet out and the smoke is laying in the holler. Smells gooooood outside before cat temp.
Caw
Minister of Fire
How are modern stoves dangerous?
Outside of the inherent "there's fire in the living room". They do everything older stoves used to do more efficiently with much less risk of a chimney fire.
eu stoves,i don't understand why drolet or some other large stove company doesn't take over the market
Me too. A CO detector is a must. During wood season for over 20 years it's been load it up, damp it down and go to bed.
30WCF
Minister of Fire
JamesGuido
Feeling the Heat
We had a low this morning of 22.8, the basement temp started out at 73, both living area temps and the sleeper temp were 68.
After burning down some coals, the first load of yellow birch went in after the second cup of coffee.
After burning down some coals, the first load of yellow birch went in after the second cup of coffee.
Always enjoy your videos very much. I can watch and take a nap.
Have two maple splits EW on a 250 STT reload with an extremely large old cherry split diagonally across the top. 625 STT now.
Got home this evening to a small bed of coals. Restart with small red oak splits, big black cherry, an ash and couple of hickory. 3 hrs later big bed of coals and some splits still holding form. Just added 3 big red oak for prepping overnight load.
We have an outside temp of 23.4 tonight, the basement temp is starting off at 75, both living area temps are 70 with the sleeper at 69.
The overnight load has four splits of beech, three splits of maple & one split of ironwood.
The overnight load has four splits of beech, three splits of maple & one split of ironwood.
Packed with oak for a night in the low 30s. Coals in the morning ready to go.
ctreitzell
Feeling the Heat
funny, I've been burning some 6-8 year old apple
and the coals last a very long time...not super hot, zero crackling
yet long burn times is what I want!
ctreitzell
Feeling the Heat
we're still on the line...I need to make a top down in the next hour or so
ctreitzell
Feeling the Heat
Yep, another top down
Again, I can’t believe how easy this is!
Again, I can’t believe how easy this is!
28 this morning. Lots of Oak this morning.
We had an outside temp of 14.9 this morning, the basement temp started out at 73, the living area temps were 68 & 69 with the sleeper temp at 68.
I took some ashes out of the wood stove to the outdoor fireplace this morning. Today we're heating with the pellet stove until around 2 this afternoon and then we'll get the wood stove going again.
I'm seeing some forecast lows of 10 for our area tomorrow morning, Wednesday the warmer weather moves in.
I took some ashes out of the wood stove to the outdoor fireplace this morning. Today we're heating with the pellet stove until around 2 this afternoon and then we'll get the wood stove going again.
I'm seeing some forecast lows of 10 for our area tomorrow morning, Wednesday the warmer weather moves in.
Some pine and oak this morning to warm up the stove and set coals through a 55deg day.
Hickory and a pork shoulder in the smoker.
Hickory and a pork shoulder in the smoker.
